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The Lesser Regalia: Westminster Abbey

Both this spoon and the golden eagle have much sacredness connected with them. They are both used in that part of the coronation which is specially holy, and when the regalia were removed to the Tower from Westminster Abbey, it is quite possible that these two precious objects were retained by the Abbey authorities on the ground of their belonging to them; indeed, Sandford, speaking of the plunder of the regalia from Westminster Abbey, expressly excepts the ampulla and spoon, and it is therefore reasonable to believe that these were kept separately. He says: "All the regalia, except the ampulla and spoon (both of which were constantly kept in the church of Westminster), being sacrilegiously plundered away."